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.Letters-Patent No. 81.783. dated September 1, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN. DBVIGEIOB. BINDING LOADS Of HAY UFN WAGONS.

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TO ALL WHQMIT MAY CQNCERN:v l 1 Be it known that I, J. W. HQDGES, of Plymouth, in the .county of Hancocki'fand in the Staterof. Illinois, have inyented certain new' and usefulV Improvements in' Devicefor Binding Hay on the Reck; and do hereby i 'declare thatthe follow-ing'is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of referenc'evmarked thereon.

In the annexed drawings, making a part'of thisspecifcation, A represents a suitable base or frame, into which are framed the .posts or standards B B.

The posts B B are providednith ratchet-teeth upon their Vinner sides, and with a Aseries of holes through -which the pins gv pass, t o`-hold the hinder'c dowil or up, ns may be desired. j

l C represents a horizontal har or beam provided with slots, so as to workup and down on the postsB, and r having pawlsorfcatches g g pivoted to it to catch in the teeth of the posts BaB.A v

` D represents n lever, made forked at the end thereof so as to. embrace one of the posts B B, and catchv inV the tee-thof said posts, and is provided with or has pivoted to'it the fulorum h, which catches in a suitable notch inthebarC. v y .n I To use thisdevice; the operator placeslahsuitable quantity ofhny on the rack or frameA, and then forces the hindingfbeam C down thereon h'ymme'ans ofthe lever When the beam C is down as tight as required, it

is held in place by means of the catches g ger pins :v x. `I am aware that the several parts ofthe above-describeddevice, when taken'separately, -are not new.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Thecombinn'tion of the t\ vo upright rack-bars B'B, the horizontal beam C., its pawls, g grwith `the lever D, its fulcrum h, w'ith the rack'A, all constructed and operating as herein set forth. p

Y lIn testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hercuntoset my hand, this Vday of- 1868A.

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WESLEY RALSTON,l J. H. LAwroN.

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